Showing posts with label Novelist. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Novelist. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Anthony Burgess

Full Name: Anthony Burgess
Nationality: English
Profession: Novelist
Why Famous: A Clockwork Orange, Earthly Powers
Born: 25th February, 1917
Star Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Harpurhey, Manchester, England
Died: 25th November, 1993 (aged 76)
Cause of Death: Cancer

Married Life

1942-01-22 - Novelist Anthony Burgess (25) weds Llewela Jones

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Thursday, June 12, 2014

Alice Walker

Full Name: Alice Walker
Nationality: American
Profession: Novelist
Why Famous: The Color Purple
Born: 9th February, 1944 (70 years old)
Star Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Putnam County, Georgia, USA

Married Life

1967-03-17 - Novelist Alice Walker (23) weds civil rights lawyer Melvyn Leventhal in New York City

Historical Events in the Life of Alice Walker

1983-04-18 - Pulitzer Prize awarded to Alice Walker for "The Color Purple"

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Monday, June 9, 2014

Agatha Christie

Full Name: Agatha Christie [Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie [also wrote as Mary Westmacott]
Nationality: English
Profession: Novelist
Why Famous: Prolific writer of novels, short stories and plays. Best known for her series of books featuring detectives Hercules Poirot and Miss Marple.
Born: 15th September, 1890
Star Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Torquay, Devon, England
Died: 12th January, 1976 (aged 85)

Married Life

1930-09-11 - Mystery writer Agatha Christie (39) weds archaeologist Max Mallowan (26)

Historical Events in the Life of Agatha Christie

1926-12-08 - Disappearance of Agatha Christie
1952-10-06 - Agatha Christie's "Mousetrap" opens in London (still running)
1970-12-23 - 7,511th performance of Agatha Christie's "Mousetrap" (record)

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